How To Protect Yourself Against Sexual Assault

Sexual assault is any unwanted, nonconsensual, forced sexual contact or activity which purpose is to control and/or humiliate another person. It can include acts of touching, kissing exhibitionism, and intercourse — anal, vaginal or oral. There are ways you can help prevent a sexual assault. According to the New York Police Detective Bureau, this includes being alert to your surroundings. Know the location, street name, surrounding buildings, in...

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Study: 1 in 3 South African Men Admits to Committing Rape

A study commissioned by the Medical Research Foundation, a group funded by the South African government, has yielded some disturbing findings about violence against women. According to the study, one in three men in Johannesburg has committed rape at some point. Roughly 7 percent of the men sampled admitted to participating in a gang rape. The study also found that more than 51 percent of the 511 women surveyed had been victims of violence from...

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'Honeymoon Killer' Faces Murder Charges in US

(Nov. 25) -- "Honeymoon Killer" Gabe Watson arrived home in the U.S. today to face two more murder charges in the drowning death of his wife, Tina, during a 2003 scuba-diving trip to Australia.  Watson was released from an Australian prison earlier this month, where he served an 18-month sentence for manslaughter. Australian immigration agents escorted him on a flight today from Melbourne to Los Angeles, where they handed him off to the LAPD.  The...

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Why Women are Targeted for Crimes

  Conventional stereotypes. Outdated and untrue concepts about women may still be predominant in the minds of many criminals. They continue to view women as the weaker sex, and therefore as people who may be easily overpowered and dominated. When given the choice between assaulting a man or a woman, most criminals admit that they would choose the female every time. But women are fully capable of fighting back. Muggings And RobberiesMen are often...

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Top 10 Stolen Vehicles

Honda S2000 (2005 - 2007) Every year thousands of automobiles are stolen. Statistics are gathered by watchdog groups who wish to inform the public about the vehicles that are most commonly taken in any given year. According to Autoblog.com, the ten most stolen vehicles of 2008 are: # 10 - Honda S2000 (2005 - 2007) # 9  - Dodge Durango (2005 - 2007 models) # 8  - 8. Hummer H2 (2005 - 2007 models) # 7  - Dodge Magnum (2005 - 2007 models) #...

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Soldier's last words at Fort Hood were of family

FORT HOOD, Texas – On the floor and seriously wounded, Lt. Col. Juanita Warman was acutely aware that she could die following a gunman's rampage at Fort Hood. "She said she'd been shot in the abdomen and was bleeding," Spc. Dayna Roscoe recalled Monday at a military court hearing. "She wanted someone to tell her family that she loved them and that she wasn't going to make it." Warman, 55, a certified psychiatric nurse practitioner who'd spent 25...

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U.S. convicts Singapore man in Tamil Tigers arms plot

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal jury in Baltimore has convicted a Singapore national of conspiring to provide weapons to Tamil Tiger rebels operating in Sri Lanka, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. Balraj Naidu, 48, was charged in a conspiracy to provide material support to the rebel group designated in 1997 by the U.S. Department of State as a foreign terrorist organization. According to evidence presented at his trial, Naidu and four...

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Obama's African Relatives Think His Father Was Murdered

(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.  So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post...

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Five New Frightening Types of Cyber attacks

(Oct. 18) -- Worried about e-mails that appear to be from your bank but could well be part of a phishing scam? That may soon be the least of your problems. With concerns about cyberattacks on the rise, computer security experts are looking ahead to what they think might be the next wave of attacks.  What they find is that everything from your car to your computer webcam is vulnerable to attack. Here are five new types of attacks: 1) Social...

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If Your Identity Has Been Stolen Four Steps to Take Now

There are some funny television commercials today about the affects of identity theft, but for those who have been victims, there is nothing at all funny about the experience. People have not only lost their credit ratings, money, and reputations due to identity theft, but have been refused loans, educational opportunities, job offers, and have even been arrested for crimes they did not commit. According to the Federal Trade Commission, if you think...

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Preventing Child Abuse

As an individual and as a member of your community, you have the power to prevent child abuse and neglect. Here are some ways to contribute your ounce—or more—of effort to prevention. Understand the problem. Child abuse and neglect affect children of all ages, races, and incomes. According to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, in 2001, an estimated 903,000 children nationwide were victims of maltreatment. Most experts believe that...

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The Four Types of Domestic Abuse ,Abuse Can Take Many Forms

Domestic abuse is a growing problem that affects millions of people in all kinds of relationships including traditional marriages, same-sex partnerships or even relationships where there is no sexual intimacy involved. Physical violence, of course, is the most blatant form of domestic abuse, sometimes called intimate partner violence. But physical abuse is not the only form of domestic abuse. Four Main Types of Abuse According to the Centers for...

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